Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Will Make Broadway Debut in & Juliet

United States Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will make her Broadway debut in the evening show of & Juliet on Saturday, December 14, with a one-night-only walk-on role. Immediately following the show, audience members can stay for a talkback with Jackson.

In her New York Times best-selling memoir Lovely One, Jackson wrote, “I, a Miami girl from a modest background with an unabashed love of theater, dreamed of one day ascending to the highest court in the land—and I had said so in one of my supplemental application essays. I expressed that I wished to attend Harvard as I believed it might help me to fulfill my fantasy of becoming the first Black, female Supreme Court justice to appear on a Broadway stage.” With this cameo appearance in & Juliet, she’ll fulfill that dream.

Appointed by President Biden, Jackson became the first Black, female Supreme Court justice when she took her seat on the highest court on June 30, 2022.

The current Broadway company of & Juliet includes Maya Boyd as Juliet, Tony Award-winner Paulo Szot as Lance, Alison Luff as Anne, Drew Gehling as Shakespeare, Liam Pearce as Romeo, Michael Iván Carrier as May, Jeannette Bayardelle as Angélique, and Nathan Levy as François. Gabe Amato, Daniel Assetta, Reese Britts, Nicholas Cooper, Charli D’Amelio, Jhailyn Paige Farcon, Makai Hernandez, Najah Hetsberger, Joomin Hwang, Khailah Johnson, Elsa Keefe, Alaina Ví Maderal, Daniel J. Maldonado, Alejandro MullerDahlberg, Ava Noble, Cassie Silva, Darien Van Rensalier, and Romy Vuksan complete the cast.

The creative team for the Broadway production of & Juliet includes bookwriter David West Read, composer and lyricist Max Martin & Friends, director Luke Sheppard, choreographer Jennifer Weber, music supervisor, orchestrator, and arranger Bill Sherman, scenic designer Soutra Gilmour, costume designer Paloma Young, lighting designer Howard Hudson, sound designer Gareth Owen, video and projection designer Andrzej Goulding, hair, wig, and makeup designer J. Jared Janas, and music director, co-orchestrator, and arranger Dominic Fallacaro.